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  • Freedom To Hate

    By on March 3, 2011

    Some people make me sick. Case in point, any member of the Fred Phelps clan who has been involved in the Westboro Baptist Church's ongoing...

  • Gay Panic Fading

    By on March 3, 2011

    I never believed that Barack Obama was really opposed to marriage equality. It wasn't just that he had previously endorsed it and was completely comfortable...

  • The Big Small Screen

    By on February 23, 2011

    While I love movies, I actually rather hate movie theaters. I realize that many people enjoy the communal experience of a movie — sharing in...

  • Gay New World

    By on February 16, 2011

    Theoretically, a vacation is time to recharge, to reflect, to generally recuperate from accumulated weariness. In reality, the world keeps spinning and we remain connected...

  • GOProud's CPAC Splash

    By on February 16, 2011

    GOProud co-founders Christopher Barron and Jimmy LaSalvia made a big splash at CPAC last weekend, including with a heavily promoted party, but the early returns...

  • An Achievement to Celebrate

    By on February 16, 2011

    Last week, Whitman-Walker Clinic shared with the community good news that has not happened here in nearly a decade. We reported an operating gain for...

  • Right Turns

    By on February 9, 2011

    There is, of course, the old canard that a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged. Just from my personal experience, though, I know that...

  • Word Play

    By on February 3, 2011

    Being the good uncles I imagine us to be, my husband and I took our 10-year-old nephew out to dinner at the mall this past...

  • Bravery in Black

    By on February 3, 2011

    An extraordinary display of gay courage and determination comes to us from Mukono, Uganda, thanks to a YouTube video of last Friday's funeral for murdered...

  • Working for Change

    By on February 3, 2011

    As the Obama administration releases new details on ending ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' and the president continues his public evolution on the vital issue of...

  • Great Expectations

    By on January 26, 2011

    Because I've been doing this long enough, I tend to approach annual political events like the State of the Union speech as a bit of...

  • Choosing Choice

    By on January 26, 2011

    When I look at, say, the slaughter of dolphins off the coast of Japan I think it's disgusting and barbaric. Despite my offense, I have...

  • Across the Threshold

    By on January 19, 2011

    It can sometimes feel a little awkward to celebrate a victory achieved by something not happening. But even though the Supreme Court's decision not to...

  • Grace Under Fire

    By on January 19, 2011

    The light in the darkness of the mass shooting in Tucson came from the courage and poise of ordinary citizens who disarmed Jared Loughner and...

  • Sticks and Stones

    By on January 12, 2011

    ''Words can never hurt me.'' That's one of the comforting lies we learn in childhood, along with ''cheaters never win,'' ''you can be whatever you...